Meanwhile, on Tuesday, one person was shot dead at Ranchi's Booty roundabout.

Jharkhand has witnessed a spike in the crime graph this year as compared to the previous year. The official figures show that five cases of bank robbery and seven cases of bank dacoity have been reported this year.

In 2014 only one bank robbery was reported though the Lok Sabha and assembly elections were held that year.

Until August this year, 905 rape cases and 1,261 kidnappings have been reported as against 792 and 996 cases respectively in the same period in 2014.